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Matt Harmon fantasy football takes on Rome Odunze

Every source-backed video insight STACKED has extracted from Matt Harmon about Rome Odunze.

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All Matt Harmon insights about Rome Odunze

PositiveUsageAug 26, 2026
One of my annual favorite pieces to write this time of year: Who are the most likely candidates to be the WR1 overall for the 2026 season? The WR1 overall has to check 3 boxes: - Path a dominant target share - Tethered to an efficient offense/QB - Must be verifiably great at football I did an extra deep dive into the loaded position and looked at all the players in Tiers 1 and 2 of my rankings to assess how each candidate stacks up: <https://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy/article/the-top-16-most-li...
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NegativeProjectionAug 19, 2026
Jeff Bell is significantly lower on Rome Odunze than Matt Harmon, viewing him as a third target in the passing attack who sits on the back end of a tier; Bell argues that high-volume passing offenses rarely support a third target for fantasy relevance, especially with tight ends like Cole Kmet and Luke Musgrave expected to command significant volume. Bell projects Odunze for a 20% target share, noting that his lower catch rate compared to teammates may keep his total numbers behind others unless efficiency improves. Harmon remains high on Odunze, betting that his downfield ability will pay off if Caleb Williams takes a step forward in year two.
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NegativeUsageJul 14, 2026
One of the many misconceptions, in my view, regarding Rome Odunze's outlook for this season is that he's bound for a vertical X-receiver role, running low-percentage straight-line routes along the boundary. Maybe, but that is just not how he was used last season, particularly before he missed time with injuries. While he doesn't get screens at the same level, his 2025 route chart and alignment data look much closer to those of some high-volume movement WR1s dominating the league today. My gue...
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PositiveProjectionJul 4, 2026
Matt Harmon believes the breakout that happened at the beginning of the season for Rome Odunze was real. He views the Burden vs. Odunze comparison as closer to a toss-up than conventional wisdom suggests, with Odunze having a slight edge from a route separation standpoint and winning at all three levels. Harmon is a big fan of Odunze as a prospect and of his performance in the past season, and fully believes year three can be a monster year for him. Harmon emphasizes that liking both Odunze and Burden is not mutually exclusive and pushes back against the internet narrative that forces a choice between the two receivers on the same team. Odunze has been up and down with injuries; the injury was devastating not just physically but also from a practice reps and communication standpoint within the offense, causing him to fall out of sync with the offense. Odunze will play all over the formation and all three receiver positions, not confined to the X position as conventional wisdom suggests, with no fixed role assignment. He will get reps from the slot and outside, and was doing a lot of the Amon-Ra St. Brown-type work at the beginning of the year.
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NegativeProjectionJul 1, 2026
Matt Harmon ranks Rome Odunze as the second most likely candidate (after Chris Olave) to produce a JSN or George Pickens-type breakout season. Harmon is a big Odunze fan and believes he could 'go bonkers' as Chicago's number one receiver. Odunze has a traditional route tree with vertical routes, big in-breakers, and intermediate/short area work that fits well with Ben Johnson's offense and Caleb Williams' arm talent. Harmon has more faith in the Chicago ecosystem than Carolina's for Terrace Marshall. Harmon slightly prefers Odunze to Luther Burden in the Chicago receiver hierarchy, though he emphasizes he is 'very much in on Luther Burden as well.' Regarding injury concerns: Odunze's foot injury comment ('this is my new normal') was overblown by Twitter discourse; he is practicing in full by all accounts and his head coach says 'Looks like the same old Rome to me,' indicating no material concern. Target competition from DJ Moore and Colson Loveland complicates his path to true number one receiver status, but Harmon views the upside as significant.
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